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50 cholera deaths in capital

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    A total of 459 cholera cases were reported from 12 health centres in Kinshasa between January and May, and some 50 deaths were attributed to the disease, humanitarian sources told IRIN on Thursday. They said recent cholera cases had also been reported in parts of Province Orientale, Equateur, Bandundu and Bas-Congo provinces. Congolese state television on Tuesday said the health minister and its partners were increasing their interventions on the ground in response to the cholera outbreak, which was “already spreading rapidly.”

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